A group in eastern China who slaughter wild animals live on the internet, some for cash donations, are broadcasting again after their online streaming sessions were briefly shut down this week, according to a newspaper report.

Police issued “administrative penalties” on Wednesday against the group, which operates in Yichun in Jiangxi province, but the broadcasts have resumed, the Southern Metropolis News reported.

He has earned about 96,000 yuan (HK$ 112,000) since June, the report said.

“I won’t slaughter the animals if the gifts are not enough,” he was quoted as saying in one broadcast.

He sometimes sends the furs of animals he has skinned to people who donate gifts.

A member of an animal cruelty charity in China reported the case to the customer service department of Six Rooms, but the broadcasts were not stopped, according to the report.

Zeng Yan, an animal expert at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told the newspaper that four of the slaughtered animals, including wild boar and stink rat snakes, were classified in China as “beneficial animal species with economic and scientific research value”.